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Financial Planning Analyst

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Financial Analyst

6-month initial contract

Hybrid schedule

3 days onsite 2 days remote

Lake County, IL

$45/HR

Orion Group is hiring a Financial Analyst for a hybrid opportunity for our pharmaceutical client in Lake County.

The Financial Analyst will be responsible to complete various FP&A analysis related to ad-hoc projects, as well as supports on day-to-day operations for BTS organization.

Financial Analyst Responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing, communicating, and processing BTS various chargebacks.

• Works directly with Accounting Shared Service contact on monthly close processes to ensure complete, accurate, and timely monthly actual results.

• Prepare monthly actual variance analysis and commentary for P&L and headcount. Understands monthly results and communicates risks and opportunities vs. benchmarks to managers and budget owners.

• Prepare and develop drafts of monthly Integration LBEs and incorporate financial and operating management review changes.

• Meet all financial reporting requirements for the Business Group, BTS HQ and Corporate.

Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and business policies and procedures.

• Drive process developments and improvements, as well as documentations.

• Provide reconciliation and analysis on third party resource billing, charge out and savings.

• Perform ad hoc analysis and supports on various projects.

• Reports to FP&A Sr. Manager, BTS. Interact with all levels of management including BTS Managers, BTS FP&A, and Accounting COE.

Financial Analyst Qualifications:

• B.A/B.S Degree in Finance

• 6-8 years FP&A or Financial reporting

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• SAP General Ledger and SRM experience

Preferred:

• IBM Cognos TM1 experience

• MBA/CPA a plus

• Strong set of analytical skills; high attention to detail and accuracy.

• Ability to meet tight timelines and balance workload/multiple projects.

• Build effective relationships with peers and cross functionally with business partners to enable higher performance.

• Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement.

• Quick learner and grasps the “essence”; can change course quickly when needed.

• Continually seeks process improvements; challenges the status quo.

• Able to connect unrelated concepts, generates original or unique ideas.

• Initiative and ability to work independently.

Top skills/requirements:

  • FP&A and accounting experience.
  • Experience in MS Excel (Advanced)
  • Familiar with supporting multinational company
  • Manage significant volume of data
  • Good communication skills/customer facing
  • Multi-tasking
  • Prior experience with integrations
  • SAP, Excellent Excel, macros, pivots, etc
  • Working with big numbers is key, 5000 plus lines of data